Door-securer



(No Model.)

W. B; MORRIS. DOOR SEOURER.

No. 452,947. 4 Patented May 26, 1891.

UNITED STATES PATENT Orricne \VILLIAM B. MORRIS, OF SEATTLE,IVASHINGTON.

DOOR-SECURER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 452,947, dated May 26,1891. Application filed January 26, 1891. Serial No. 379,166. (Nomodel.)

To aZZ whom, it may concern:

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM MORRIS, a citizen of the United States,residing at Seattle, King county, State of lVashington, have invented anImprovement in Door-Fasteners; and I hereby declare the following to bea full, clear, and exact description of the same.

My invention relates to a novel device for fastening doors and which maybe used separately or in addition to and in conjunction with theordinary locks and fastenings; and in yinvention consists in certaindetails of construction, all of which will be more fully explained byreference to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a view ofmy device in position with the door fastened. Fig. 2 shows it fitted tothe door, so that it may be turned out of the way when not in use.

A is a hook or catch projecting at right angles from the thin shank B,which is of sufficient length to allow the hook end to either enter thestrike-plate of a door-lock or to be embedded into the casing or edge ofthe doorcasing against which the door closes, as may be desired. lVhenused in connect-ion with a door-lock, it is simply introducedintotheopening in the strike-plate. The shankBis flexibly connected orhinged, as shown at C, to an extension 13, and this extension is fixedto the screw-threaded traveler D. This traveler is fitted into thethreads which are formed within the cylinder E, so that when thecylinder is rotated it will move forward or back upon the follower,which, being connected with the fastener, will remain stationary. Uponthe outer end of the cylinder is a cap F, having a slot of sufficientsize to allow the plate or shank B B and the hinge G to pass through theslot. The end of this cap is of sufficient diameter to extend across theopening between the door and the casing and rest upon both parts, asshown in Fig. 1.

The operation of the device will then be as follows: The hook orengaging point A is introduced into the opening in the striker-plate, orit may be made sharp and forced into the edge of the casing againstwhich the door closes, the shank B extending outwardly, so that thehinge O is outside the door and casing. When the cylinder has been movedback upon the traveler so that the hinge is exterior to the cap of thecylinder, the cylinder is turned to one side about the hinge lyingagainst the side of the casing and out of the way of the door, which maythen be closed against the shank B, thus retaining the hook Ain itsengagement and preventing it from being withdrawn. The door beingclosed, the cylinder is then turned into a straight line with the shankB, and it is then turned around upon the follower, thus advancing thecylinder until the cap through which the shank passes has been forceddown against the edge of the door and the side of the casing, thecylinder projecting inwardly from this point. hen drawn tight againstthe door in this manner, it will be impossible to force the door openwithout tearing the fastening out of the casing or in some other waybreaking or destroying it.

The construction here shown enables every traveler to carry the deviceconveniently in his pocket, so that he may apply it to the door of anyroom which he may be occupying.

When it is desired to apply the device as a fixture in hotels or otherhouses, a hole is made through the shank B, and the hook A being forcedinto the casing or fitted into a socket made for the purpose the shankis permanently secured by means of the screw at such a position that thehinge C will be sufficiently outside of the casing to allow the cylinderto be turned down flat against the side of the casing. At the pointwhere the cylinder is turned down I have shown an angular spring-plate Gsecured to the casing, the upturned end being in such position withrelation to the end of the cylinder that when the latter is folded downagainst the side of the casing its end will press against the elasticupturned end of the spring, which will thus hold it in position when itis not in use.

Whenever it is desired to use the device after the door is closed, thecylinder is simply turned into line with the shank and is screwed downupon the follower, as before described, until it presses against theedge of the door and the casing, when the fastening will be complete.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. A door-fastening consisting of a shank having a hook connectedtherewith adapted to enter a chamber or socket in the door-casing, aninterioriy-threaded rotatable cylinder having a slotted cap throughwhich the shank passes, a follower fitted to travel in the threadsWithin the cylinder and connected with the shank by a hinge-joint,whereby the cylinder may be turned at right angles with the shank toallow the door to be opened and closed while the fastening is in place,substantially as herein described.

2. In a door-fastening, a shank having a projecting head adapted toengage asocket or opening in the side of the door-casing, means forattaching the shank permanently in place upon the casing, aninteriorly-threaded cylinder having a slotted cap through which theshank passes, a screw-threaded follower fitting the threads of thecylinder and connected with the shank bya hinge-joint which allows thecylinder to be folded to one side against the casing, and a spring-platefixed to the cats ing, adapted to engage and hold the cylinder when ithas been folded down against the easing, substantially as hereindescribed.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand.

WILLIAM B. MORRIS.

Witnesses:

S. H. NoURsE, .J. A. BAYLESS.

